Matching Pairs chapter 6 vocabulary practiceOnline version match the term with the definition by Susan Brown 1 ambush 2 desert 3 siege 4 mercenary 5 ratify 6 blocade 7 privateer 8 strategy 9 inflation 10 recruit money loses value; it costs more to buy the same thing to surround a place and not let people or materials in and out of the place adopt or apporve a rule, law or document leave your post without permission. Runaway from the army private ship that is equipped with weapons. goal to cature enemy merchant ships and take their cargo a plan or method for doing something stop ships from entering or leaving a port. England had a __ to prevent ships from entering Boston Harbor encourage to join the military surprise attack; to hide and surprise a group person who is paid to fight for a country Hessians were Germans paid by Britain to fight against the colonists